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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL CAMPUS HEALTH SERVICES SELECTS eCLINICALWORKS
University Will Use Electronic Medical Records System, including Patient Portal and
Enterprise Business Optimizer, to Enhance Healthcare for More Than 28,000 Students
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.—July 14, 2008—eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems,
today announced that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) Campus Health Services (CHS) has
purchased licenses of eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) software. Campus
Health Services provides comprehensive outpatient health care for more than 28,000 students who will also utilize
eClinicalWorks Patient Portal and Enterprise Business Optimizer (eBO). eClinicalWorks will equip UNC-Chapel Hill Campus Health
Services with a comprehensive system for maintaining and accessing patient medical information, while increasing the ease of
communication between the campus community served and staff.
Interfaces between eClinicalWorks and Orchard Software’s Harvest Laboratory Information System as well as QS/1’s pharmacy
system NRx will further automate CHS and improve electronic communication among the various sections of CHS.
"As the nation’s first state university, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a history of using
innovative processes for its students," said Dr. Patricia Huff, director of administration and a clinical associate professor
at the School of Medicine for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Campus Health Services at UNC-Chapel Hill will implement eClinicalWorks unified EMR/PM system with the goals of streamlining the
clinical processes and promoting patient safety while reducing costs and plans to use the Patient Portal to promote increased
communication between the students and providers. UNC-Chapel Hill has also chosen to implement eClinicalWorks eBO, which uses meta-data
to give the practice more flexibility through the creation of customized reports and by performing clinical and financial analysis.
"eClinicalWorks’ solutions are versatile enough and have been proven to meet the needs of nearly every ambulatory care setting,
including universities," said Girish Kumar Navani, CEO and co-founder of eClinicalWorks. "eClinicalWorks is proud to have
been selected by a university as prestigious as UNC-Chapel Hill and looks forward to adding value to its Campus Health Services by facilitating
remote and immediate access to patient information, allowing its providers to spend more time on delivering quality care."
About eClinicalWorks
eClinicalWorks is a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical
systems market. The company’s unified electronic medical record (EMR)
and practice management (PM) solutions are proven for every market
segment: large practice groups, including Massachusetts eHealth
Collaborative (MAeHC), Electronic Health Records of Rhode Island (EHRRI)
and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as well
as medium, small and solo practices regardless of specialty. The company
enjoys high profitability with a five-year compounded growth rate of
more than 100 percent year-to-year. With an established customer base of
4,000 customers across all 50 states, eClinicalWorks has been awarded
multiple top industry honors including being named to the Inc. 500 in
2007, Best in KLAS in 2006, 2005 and 2004, and a top solution by TEPR
for four consecutive years. Based in Westborough, Mass., eClinicalWorks
has additional offices in New York City and Alpharetta, Ga. More
information on eClinicalWorks can be found at
www.eclinicalworks.com or by
calling 866-888-MYCW.
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eClinicalWorks is a registered trademark of eClinicalWorks, LLC. All other
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respective owners.
Heather Caouette
eClinicalWorks
Phone: 508-836-2700
Fax: 508-836-4466
heather.c@eclinicalworks.com
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